by Trish Hopkinson

The listings below are literary magazines/journals that specifically focus on the artists and writers in the LGBTQ+ community. There are many other literary magazines that support LGBTQ+ contributors. For a more general list of all-inclusive/feminist lit mags, check out my list here: Feminist Lit Mags and Journals.

These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I’ve also included whether or not it is a paying market in the notes column. These lit mags/journals also fit the following criteria:

• Generally do not charge fees to submit (although some may charge fees for some types of submissions and for contests).
• They accept poetry submissions.
• All accept electronic submissions.

If you have suggestions for lit mags/journals I’ve missed, please contact me here or leave a comment below.

Lit Mag/Journal	Web Site	Notes	Duotrope
Adrienne	https://siblingrivalrypress.com/adrienne/	Queer women specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/10584
Assaracus	https://siblingrivalrypress.com/assaracus/	Gay male specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/5024
Crab Fat Magazine	http://crabfatmagazine.com/		https://duotrope.com/listing/16260
Gertrude Press	http://www.gertrudepress.org/	Not currently accepting submissions	https://duotrope.com/listing/1375
Glitterwolf	http://www.glitterwolf.com/	Currently on hiatus	https://duotrope.com/listing/16182
Lambda	http://www.lambdaliterary.org/		https://duotrope.com/listing/13740
Lavender Review	http://www.lavrev.net/	Lesbian specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/5351
Peculiar	http://www.peculiarjournal.com/	Utah only	n/a
RFD Magazine	http://www.rfdmag.org/		n/a
Sinister Wisdom	http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/	Lesbian specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/1709
Smoking Glue Gun	https://smokinggluegun.com/		https://duotrope.com/listing/15810
The Dandelion Review	https://thedandelionreview.com/	Women and gender non-conforming specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/21079
The Gay and Lesbian Review	http://www.glreview.org/	Paying	https://duotrope.com/listing/1395
The Quilliad	https://thequilliad.wordpress.com/	Canada only	https://duotrope.com/listing/20418
The Wanderer	http://wandererpoetry.com/	Paying	https://duotrope.com/listing/21153
Vagabond City	https://vagabondcitylit.com/	Paying	n/a
Chelsea Station	http://www.chelseastationmagazine.com/	The editors do not respond to all submissions. After waiting 90 days, assume your submission will not be accepted.	https://duotrope.com/listing/6362
Plenitude Magazine	http://plenitudemagazine.ca/	Paying	https://duotrope.com/listing/13055
Raspa Magazine	http://www.raspamagazine.com/	Latinos specific	n/a
Vetch	http://www.vetchpoetry.org/	Transgender poetry specific	n/a
Creating Iris	http://www.creatingiris.org/	Young adult specific	https://duotrope.com/listing/13582

Trish Hopkinson is a poet, feminist, and LGBTQ+ ally. She has been published in several anthologies and journals and her third chapbook is forthcoming from Lithic Press in 2017. Hopkinson is co-founder of a regional poetry group, Rock Canyon Poets and Editor-in-Chief of the group’s annual poetry book series entitled Orogeny. She is a product director by profession and resides in Utah with her handsome husband and their two outstanding children. You can follow her poetry adventures on her blog where she shares information on how to write, publish, and participate in the greater poetry community at http://trishhopkinson.com/.

Traditions
Spencer Ballard

I was a free shoes kid again,
the result of the stroked ego
of some smug Santa.
Boots. Brown and yellow
like the shit I would get for standing
here. Coal-eyed clinging to my old
sneakers. Loved. Mine. Holy.
The only thing worse than
stinging eyes and sweaty socks
cold office tiles and sympathetic stares
were these boots so carefully disguised
as a gift.

I Don’t Want Snow, I Want Winter
Aaron Gates

Winter sits on windows ledge like piles of fleece blankets;
it presses in corners like packages waiting to be
shook, to be opened, to be husked and discarded
like fruit. Winter spreads up through the ground, it doesn’t fall.
Winter doesn’t stick to boots or mittens or tongues, it wraps
twice around and close to your chest. Winter burrows
under doorways. Winter isn’t white,
it’s grey, it’s lone trees and slush and soggy boots
by the fireplace. Winter is forgetting your coat
in November, it’s your parents singing on Christmas morning
as you drive to your grandparent’s house, it’s wishing
spring would come in February. Winter is a memory,
it’s an ache in your soul that reminds you
of sitting outside to watch the sun set.

Spencer Ballard is an aspiring queer poet/artist recently graduated from The University of Utah. He has been the Featured Poet of peculiar, and published several times. He often draws inspiration from “those thoughts you have in the shower that monopolize your attention for weeks,” and is a firm believer that you have to let a poem run its own course—especially if it’s going in a direction you didn’t intend it to. Spencer is currently the proud owner of four pet typewriters, as well as a rat named Emerson.

Aaron is a Utah Valley University student majoring in Writing Studies. He is C0-Editor-in-Chief of peculiar, and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Intersections , Tech Editor of Touchstones, and a senior editor for Essais, all student publications. His poetry has been published in Warp and Weave. Aaron has an unhealthy obsession with Channing Tatum, Calvin and Hobbes, and Thai food; he and The Walking Dead are currently seeing other people.